Arnold wins! Love him, hate him, indifferent, or disgusted because the whole recall seems like a bad movie, people are fascinated with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a literally larger-than-life figure with a mythic if checkered past.
We have a number of stories on Arnold and the recall:
TOTAL RECALL: The Terminator Rules - Oh the Irony of it All
I am rarely surprised when it comes to elections like this and much will be written about the meaning of this recall. Roger Simon says we are witnessing the death of the two-party system. Bill Wallo believes it is the...
Posted in Blogcritics on October 9, 2003 12:47 AM
California Über Alles
From "yuppie fascists" to an Austrian running the world's fifth-largest economy in less than 2 years. Not bad. Österreich über alles! Tomorrow we take Poland.
Posted in Blogcritics on October 8, 2003 11:03 PM
Arnold blitzkriegs California
OK then, let me gleefully indulge/rub your face in your dumb dystopian fantasy just a bit.
Posted in Blogcritics on October 8, 2003 06:58 PM
No Blue Counties
California's Secretary of State has release a county-by-county map in red and green.
Posted in Blogcritics on October 8, 2003 04:40 PM
No doubt on Arnold now
Going into election day in California, I heard an interesting take on how one might look at the vote ...
Posted in Blogcritics on October 8, 2003 02:35 PM
Meaning in the Recall?
So, is it a sea change or just a sea of angry voters?
Posted in Blogcritics on October 8, 2003 10:42 AM
TIME OF THE LEMMINGS
It's already old news that the lemmings have spoken. But now that they've elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as governator of Culifornia, what's next? Running Clint Eastwood for president? Re-animating Sylvester Stallone and running him for senator? That's too obvious. How about...
Posted in Straight Up on October 8, 2003 10:27 AM
Keep it Zipped Until the Polls Close
I agree with Glenn Reynolds on political matters far more often than not, but I definitely have a different perspective on this: the networks were going to call it for Schwarzenegger the minute the polls closed, and then turning on... [Edit]
Posted in Blogcritics on October 8, 2003 09:28 AM
A Cautionary Tale: Election Edition
Let this be a cautionary tale for everyone. There were a lot of news outlets covering “tha govanah” in California, but those who were truly paying attention saw that this whole recall election was just a front. If you were...
Posted in Blogcritics on October 8, 2003 09:25 AM
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